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References
- ↑ G. D. H. Cole, A Short History of the British Working Class Movement: 1848-1900, pp.104-105
- 1 2 University of Warwick, "The Trades Union Congress, 1936-1939: Its history and organisation"
- ↑ Gerald A. Dorfman, British Trade Unionism Against the Trades Union Congress, p.6
- ↑ Annual Report of the 1907 Trades Union Congress, pp.194-195
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